1. Praying Qiyam on the Night of `Eid:

Some people think that Islam tells us to stay up and pray on the night of `Eid, quoting an unsound Hadith which says that “whoever stays up and prays on the night of `Eid, his heart will not die on the day when hearts die.”

Islam does not tell us to single out the night of `Eid for staying up and praying; if, however, a person habitually stays up and prays at night (qiyam), there is nothing wrong with him doing so on the night of `Eid as well.

2. Mixing of Men and Women

Mixing of men and women in some prayer-places, streets, etc. It is a pity that this happens not only in mosques, but, even in the most sacred of places, al-Masjid al-Haram [in Makkah]. Many women - may Allah guide them - go out uncovered, wearing make-up and perfume, flaunting their adornment, when there is such serious overcrowding in the mosques - the dangers of this situation are quite obvious. So those who are in charge must organize the `Eid prayers properly, by allocating separate doors and routes for women and delaying the men’s departure until the women have left.